In this edition of This Week in Michigan Football History we look at traditions past and present, old and new. First, we note today is the 87th playing of the SAE Mudbowl down on campus. Next, we note the calendar features two big wins over rival Minnesota in the 1940s, including one in 1943 that snapped a 10 (TEN!) game winless streak against the Gophers. Finally, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. George Jewett, and welcome the 16th Big Ten Rivalry Trophy – The George Jewett Trophy - as Northwestern faces Michigan Saturday.
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The Distinguished Digit, The Sacred Seat | Origins of the 1 in Michigan Stadium capacity
A discussion on the origins and significance of the "1" in the Michigan Stadium official capacity. Includes an interesting theory coming out of a 1960s article in Sports Illustrated.
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Yost Faces Michigan, Leads Nebraska Bugeaters (1897, 1898) | This Week in Michigan Football History
This week we feature a couple of interesting historical notes. First, that Fielding H. Yost, while head coach at Ohio Wesleyan, actually played Michigan to a 0-0 tie in 1897. Yost then moved west to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1898 where he led the Bugeaters (Huskers) to a conference title. For his efforts did you know that Hurry Up is actually in the Huskers Hall of Fame? Wild, right? Impress your friends. Check it out:
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2021-22 Consensus College Football Bowl & Playoff Projections
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Crashing Down
In our long history, three Michigan-Wisconsin games featured major incidents in the stands where hundreds, in one case thousands, of fans were crushed during or just after the game. Three times! This is not completely random of course as many of the Michigan-Wisconsin games in history were pretty big events with fans packed in to watch..but still. Here's a rundown of each incident.
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The Featherweight Fullback, John Maulbetsch (1914, 1926) | This Week in Michigan Football History
This week’s edition of TWIMFbH covers an underrated figure in Meechigan history, John Maulbetsch. The small running back became a media darling after a 1914 trip to play Harvard, and the east coast newspaper men couldn’t get enough of him. He went on to coaching after his playing career and on this day in 1926, he led the Oklahoma A&M Aggies against Michigan in 1926.
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The Legend of Bennie Oosterbaan | This Week in Michigan Football History
ational championship season of 1948. Before all that we lead off with a quick look at two of Bo's more dominating performances over UCLA on this day in 1971 and Navy in 1976.
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Michigan Mudbowl set for October 23, 2021
One of my favorite traditions is the annual SAE Mudbowl game at the corner of South University and Washtenaw. Historically this has been a Homecoming day tradition, but lately, it's been moved later in the year. For 2021 it indeed returns, 9:30AM EDT on October 23 ahead of the Northwestern game.
